The bike would have come in even less, but after some test rides this week, I added some insurance to keep the chain from jumping, which happened to me in last year’s race right at mile 5. I don’t need to go through that again, and I think I have it solved. Over a half pound improvement is huge.

As for me, I’m a little over 14 pounds bigger this year, but it’s by no means junk. I worked exceptionally hard this year on strength with Sarah. This year I also ate an appropriate amount of food for the first time, literally, in my entire life. Big changes as a result.

Weather so far looks spectacular. Heading up soon to check in. I’ll try to check in on twitter when I can.

So this is it – the product of a 255 day training season and 122 hours of effort. Let’s see what happens.